Thursday, December 28, 2006

Year in Review Part 1: The Quotes

It's been a while since I did an entry for you guys and I'm sure some of you are feeling a bit neglected. The holidays have done a mischief on our caching schedule. But we're back to it this weekend so expect an update then. Until then, hopefully this will suffice. I decided to go back through the archives and do a "year in review" post, well, more like a "seven months in review" since we just started it in June. I hope to have a "Year in Pictures" up to accompany this one soon. Ashlynne and I just have to find time to weed through the hundreds of photos we've taken while caching and find which ones to feature. For now, you get the best (and worst) things heard on the caching trail in 2006. Enjoy!

"How hard can it be? Buy a GPS, look up coordinates online, and go find them. Piece of cake!"-Gryphon, in his now "famous last words" before encountering Monte Sano for the first time

"Damn hobbits!"-The entire group, almost weekly

"You notice Frodo was always falling down in those movies? No wonder..."-Tserof, attempting to explain the weird hobbit terrain rating system

"Over rocks, under trees. One time both over and under a tree at the same time"-Gryphon, describing the climb to Bling

"This can't end well..."-Gryphon, spoken every time someone gives Ashlynne the GPS

"There are mountains in Alabama?"-Gryphon, who failed geography in high school

"Tserof kept pointing out that the listing said we has permission, but we felt that would be little consolation if they felt bad when they found the GPS on our bodies."-The Zen Bassmasters, on property rights

"The Chapel Hill Park consists of a paved area about the size of a cubicle, one tree, and two picnic tables"-Gryphon, describing Chapel Hill's "thriving nature scene"

"With Chapel Hill weddings, the whole bride's family/groom's family thing kind of overlaps..."-Gryphon, a Unionville native, getting a cheap dig in on the residents of Chapel Hill

"he looked like he'd had his legs shaved by OJ Simpson..."-Gryphon, commenting on Fish's lost battle with the briars

"A bit of a climb..."-Rick618's hardly adequate description of the 3 miles of hell that is Green Mtn.

"I think Frodo may have felt sorry for us, leading us to an easy cache so we can go to our deaths with a feeling of accomplishment."-Gryphon, questioning Frodo's motives before our Jolly Green Walk to Hell

"Ashlynne is from New York, a place so frigid the only reptile that can survive there is Senator Hillary Clinton."-Gryphon, explaining Ash's non-recognition of a rattlesnake rattle

"we looked like crack addicts on free needle day."-Gryphon, describing the Bassmasters heading for water after Jolly Green

"This shit right here is some good shit. You never know how good water tastes until something like this. I'm telling you. This is the best stuff ever right here. I can't believe I don't drink it more. I love water."-Tserof, joining the cult of cold water

"You wouldn't think something this small would work so well."-Tserof, repeating his girlfriend's favorite phrase, in description of a personal fan

"They're your family. That means you have to ride with them..."-Judas, aka Fish, dooming me to kiddie music hell

"Little bunny Foo Foo is a right bastard if you're a field mouse."-Gryphon, on the psychoses of children's music heroes

"The wheels on the bus go round and round but no matter how much you beg, the bus will not back up and run you over, ending your misery."-Gryphon, seeking a "final exit" from kiddie music hell

"Semi-circular course correction."-Fish's attempt to make our constant turning around sound less retarded

"Let's face it, if you can say things like "20cc of glucozapofire" and yell "stat!" a lot, we're not going to be smart enough to know you haven't got any medical training."-Gryphon, describing the Bassmasters admittedly lax training requirements for a personal nurse

"Not now, Cali"-Tserof, in sleepy response to Ashlynne's attempts to wake him up

"Our adventure in geocaching was complete. We'd spent a full eight hours traveling around and having a good time--I'm deeply thankful for the chance to spend time with Tserof, Fish and Chri, and glad to have experienced again this remarkable hobby of theirs. Every cache we found had the weight of history, the lingering touch of other human hands, their works and skill made substantial before our very eyes. It's a type of history you can see and feel and know where it's been and follow where it's going. Real people came before, and real people will come after, and they will see the names and wonder who those people were... but they will KNOW why they were there."-Doc, proving why he's by far the better writer of the two of us

4 Comments:

Oh thankee thankee. Tis been too long without. I hear tale of a wee trail with but a slight incline that has a few caches with a loverly feature aptly named the Devil's Race Track. Check for caches around Solitude on Wade Mtn. and do bring a bit of water. ;)Your erstwhile guide, Rick618

O.K... I'm trying to backlog here and read stuff I missed over the holidays... what do I think about this blog?

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